The Sagacity of Age

There are fewer words today than yesterday.

The speed limit had been reduced exponentially.

No one seems to care that the sun is decreased

by millions of square meters in a single eruption.

And who is it keeping track of the losses as all

the measurements of today are wasting away?

Have you noticed the slide rule and abacus have

been retired, and today all the critical calculations

are being computed automatically? The South Beach

Diet is a ruse, my friend. We are all losers in the end.

I stepped outside into the sunlight today, and my

shadow in front of me indicates incrementally in

measurements of length and time that I am somewhat

less of the man that I was yesterday. And the sagacity

of age now implies—this shit, man, has been ongoing

for quite some time.

Chris Hanch 7-27-18